Not surprisingly after a topsy-turvy opening weekend, the AVCA Division I Coaches Poll had a lot of movement.
Most conferences announced players of the week and there were some stout performances.
There were two matches Monday as UCLA swept at Northwestern State and Miami (FL) beat visiting Florida Atlantic in four.
There are 18 NCAA Division I matches on the Tuesday schedule, two especially with current and postseason impacts.
Stanford, up to No. 2, plays host to No. 8 Florida and No. 5 Minnesota is home for No. 7 Texas.
Stanford is coming off victories at Northern Colorado and Colorado State. Stanford is 9-5 all time against Florida, which it beat in Gainesville last year in the pre-conference season. Florida opened with wins over then-No. 8 Penn State and South Florida, but had to come back from a 2-1 deficit to win in five against USF.
Texas was the preseason No. 1, but the Longhorns opened the season with a stunning four-set loss at Long Beach State. They then swept Loyola Marymount. Minnesota beat TCU in four and swept then-No. 15 Baylor.
Rice, up to No. 18, plays host to Louisiana-Lafayette. No. 22 Western Kentucky plays host to Belmont. Among the other matches, Michigan plays Western Michigan, Illinois plays Valparaiso, and Temple, 3-0 for the first time in four years, is home for Delaware State. Jackson State vs. Northwestern State was canceled because of “COVID concerns in the Jackson State program.”
AVCA Top 25
The preseason poll was flawed and the opening weekend gave coaches a chance to sort things out. The rankings are still pretty flawed, but …
Wisconsin, Stanford, Louisville and Nebraska all moved up one spot and are ranked 1-2-3-4.
Minnesota is up two sports to No. 5, Oregon jumped three notches to No. 6, and Texas fell from the top to No. 7.
Florida follows, just ahead of No. 9 BYU and the team BYU knocked out of a tie for fifth, now-No. 10 Pittsburgh.
The biggest jump was by Georgia Tech, which went from No. 20 to No. 11. And that was solely because the Yellowjackets beat South Florida and Penn State.
Houston is at No. 13, its highest spot in history. Penn State dropped to No. 14. Purdue took the biggest tumble, going from 16th to No. 25.
Kansas moved in at No. 23 and so did Tennessee at No. 24. San Diego, which was No. 12 but went 0-3, and then-No. 23 USC dropped out.
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